Automobile door pocket



Dec. 11, 1928. G. c. IRONS AUTOMOBiLE nqon rocxsw Filed Dec. 1, 1926 BY K6 ATTORNEY 5. I

Patented Dec. 11, 1 928.

UNITED- STATES- GEORGE c. moles, or LA. VERNE. CALIFORNIA.

gurromonriln noon POCKET.

Application filed Decemben 1, 1926. Serial No. 152,023.

i This invention relates to pockets fortlie doors of automobiles or other vehicles an has for its primary object the provision of a device of this character which can be built,

6 into a door as a permanent part thereof and which will be characterized by means providing for quick accessibility thereto when it is; desired to place articles within the pocket or to remove same therefrom, and which at the will of the user, will cause the articles contained within the pocket to assume a position forv withdrawal'by the action of gravity. A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a pocket of this character which will be compact and arranged Wholly within the thickness of the door and one which will not obstruct free passage or become entangled withthe clothing of a person getting in or outof the automobile. A still further object ofthe invention is to provide a pocket of this character which. acts to prevent accidental loss of articles therefrom. f A further object ofthe invention is to rovide a pocket of the character which is re and waterproof so that valuables contained therein will be protected against damage. I

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood,.the same con-.

sists in the improved construction and novel arrangements of parts which -will hereinafter be fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. I

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated the referred form of the'invention, it being, l iowever, understood that o limitations are necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but

' 'that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

Fi re 1 is a view in elevation of the linside ace of a door constructed in accordance with my invention, showing. same in association with a portion of the body of an automobile; Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2of Figure 1;

Figure latch mechanism, and

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

3 is a view in elevation of the In carrying the invention into practice I employ a door 5 of hollow walled construction. I do not wish. to be limited to the precise details of construction of a. suitable door other than to say that it should be so characterized that my improved pocket can be. mounted with respect thereto so'as to come flush with the side faces of the door. It is preferred, however, that the doorbe formed of metal and that its walls be spaced a suitable distance apart in order to permit of the .receptiontherebetween of a pocket of the required size. 1

The inner'wall 6 of the door is formed with openings 7 and 8, and, as illustrated, said wall and theouter wall 9 are connected together and held spaced apart by cleats 10,

11 and 12.

Hingedly mounted at 13 in each of said openings 7 and 8, is a pocket 14. These pockets are of identical construction and, as shown, each comprises an inner wall 15, outer wall 16', a bottom 17, an inclined top 18 and connecting side walls 19. The distance between the front and rear walls 15 and 16 is co-extensive with the width of the space between the walls 6 and 9 of the door so that the wall 15 comes fiush with the wall 6 of said door. The wall 16 is relatively short and its free edge terminates below the top 18 so as to define an intervening opening 20 therebetween, the same traversed by the wall 9, of'the door when the pocket is in a closed position as shown in Figure 2.

The door may be provided with as many pockets as may be deemed practicable. When two pockets are employed as illustrated herein, same are preferably superposed, the upper one being somewhat shorter in length than the lower one,.in order to compensate for the usual latch means 21.

The upper end of each of said pockets 1 is provided with a rotary handle 22 carrying a shank 23 on which a latchmember 24;

is supported and normally held engaged in a keeper recess 25 by means of aspring 26. The keeper recess 25 for'the upper pocket is formed in the cleat 10 and the recess for the latch member of ,the lower pocketin the intermediate cleat 11.

In use, articles may be placed in either of the pockets 14 by simply swingin the pocket inwardly and downwardly, t Figure 2) whereby to expose the opening 20 for the free insertion of the article. The pocket may be returned to its closed or normal position, and in so doing, the article placed therein gravitates to the bottom of the pocket behind the short Wall 9 thereof. \Vhen it is desired to remove the article from the pocket, the latter is again tilted to the dotted line position shown in Figure 2 where the article falls by gravity to a point directly beneath the opening 20 where it can be freely grasped and removed.

While I have shown only the preferred form of the invention. it should be understood that various changes or modifications may be made Within the scope of the claims hereto attached without departing from the spirit of the invention.

. I claim:

1. The combination with an automobile door, of a pocket hingedly secured to said door and being entirely receivable withinthe door when said pocket is in inoperative.

position, said pocket having an opening in one side thereof, this opening being disposed adjacent to the end of the'pocket furthest removed from the hinge, said pocket being swingable into a position that inclines downwardly from the horizontal for causing articles to move toward the open end of said pocket.

2. The combination with an automobile door having a recess therein, of a pocket hingedly secured to said door and being receivable in said recess, said pocket having a v bottom and side walls and a top, said top having an opening therein disposed adjacent to the wall that is furthest removed from the hinge, said pocket being swingable into a position below a horizontal plane.

GEORGE C. IRONS. 

